#ego

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#doing #egotism #new #new york #new york times

In the next decade, I see Spanx going worldwide. Everywhere. No butt left behind. It's going to be all over the world and it's going to be an aspirational brand that transcends categories. There's so many things we can improve upon and make better. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#better #brand #categories #decade #everywhere

My performances have finally caught up with my ego. ↗

— Ato Boldon

#ego #finally #performances #up

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages. ↗

— Will Durant

#ages #cannot #ego #go #his

While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#been #developing #diplomatic #enrichment #european

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#asking questions #big #egos #i #keep

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#categorize #get #i #i think #idea

A key to my thinking has always been the almost fanatical belief that what I was engaged in was a literary art form. That belief was compounded out of ego and necessity, I guess, a combination of the two. ↗

— Will Eisner

#always #art #art form #been #belief

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward. ↗

— Mohamed ElBaradei

#back #everybody #forward #go #hope

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. ↗

— George Eliot

#belief #does #egoism #enters #into